3. Austin Brings In A Zamboni
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpRv1FVAvsI The date was September 28, 1998 with WWE Chairman Vince McMahon in the ring along with The Undertaker, Kane and the WWE Title in a glass case. He was doing a promo about all the problems that Steve Austin was causing. Fans were chanting for Austin during McMahon's speech. Austin showed up to the arena driving a Zamboni at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. If you're not familiar with hockey, a Zamboni is used to clean the ice. You drive it over the ice and clean the playing surface for the players. Detroit is known as "Hockeytown" so when the crowd saw the Zamboni they exploded in cheers. In one of the most memorable scenes in Raw history, Austin drove the Zamboni into the arena and right up against the ring. He climbed to the top of the Zamboni, ran across and nailed McMahon with a huge clothesline as the arena erupted in cheers for the Rattlesnake. Austin ended up getting arrested as McMahon yelled at him: "You go to jail you son of a bitch!" It was another classic moment in the Austin/McMahon rivalry and just another reason why the fans loved Austin's anti-authority behavior.
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